Fixed format file! to_char formatting!

I'm tryint to create a simple fixed with output file.
I am concatenating everything together but having problems when numeric values that are null. And SQL plus keeps
putting a 1 space between each field.
I'm using this SQL
select to_char(p.county,'b999')||to_char(p.permit,'b99999')||
nvl(o.suffix,' ')||NVL(to_char(o.cmp_month,'09'),' ')||
NVL(to_char(o.cmp_day,'09'),' ')||
NVL(to_char(o.cmp_year,'9999'),' ') from pay p,owncmp o
where (p.county,p.permit,p.bottom) =
any (select p.county,p.permit,max(p.bottom) from pay p group by
p.county,p.permit) and p.county=53 and p.episode=o.episode and p.county=o.county
and p.permit=o.permit;
results
53 414O 12 17 1986
53 415O 12 21 1986
53 415O 12 21 1986
53 416O 12 27 1986
53 416O 12 27 1986
53 30003O
53 30005O 08 1926
53 30006O 1926
53 30006O 1926
53 30007O 11 08 1929
note:some misalignment was introduced here when I cut and past it into the browser, but you get the idea.

It is a little difficult to read your post and tell how many spaces you have allowed. I believe the additional space is due to the sign, + or -, of the number. Even though they are all positive numbers and the + sign isn't displayed, Oracle still allows a space for it. So, if you add an extra space to each of your values when the number is null, it should line things up properly. For example, three spaces for a two-digit number:
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